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Dave

Kyoto

http://kanjibox.net/

Many years of living in Japan, none with formal Japanese-language classroom studying, mean I have:

  1. horrible grammar
  2. decent conversational level
  3. pretty good Sprachgefühl...

Gauge my contributions accordingly.

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Top Questions
28 votes

Use of 自分【じぶん】as a personal pronoun in direct speech

usage vocabulary first-person-pronoun asked Jun 12 '11 at 4:08
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27 votes

Reading (and usage) of 他: when is it 【た】, when is it 【ほか】?

grammar readings asked Aug 25 '11 at 5:29
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19 votes

What is the more common pronunciation for the r­ōmaji letter Z in Japanese?

pronunciation loanwords romaji asked Jul 2 '12 at 2:45
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19 votes

Contraction de « de Les », « de La » ou « de Le » dans les noms propres

articles noms-propres contractions asked Aug 20 '11 at 1:51
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17 votes

Where does the verbal form しとく come from?

grammar conjugations te-form contractions asked Sep 15 '11 at 3:58
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17 votes

How to say: “I am returning your call”

translation business-japanese asked Jun 27 '11 at 4:42
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Why is 空【くう】, and not 無【む】, used to define “void”, “emptiness” in a buddhist context? What are their nuances?

kanji nuances asked Jun 30 '11 at 5:02
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16 votes

Nuances between the different kanji spellings of あける：明ける vs. 開ける vs. 空ける

vocabulary nuances dictionary homophonic-kanji asked Jun 16 '11 at 1:39
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16 votes

Traduire « NSFW »

traduction anglais asked Aug 25 '11 at 5:52
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15 votes

Do fish grow to the size of their fishbowl?

biology animals asked Jul 8 '11 at 3:44
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Top Answers
50
How indistinguishable is blue from green really?
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35
“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”?
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34
Do Japanese writers use underline for emphasis?
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28
Que veut dire l'expression « à l'heure qu'il est » ?
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25
what's the difference between ところで and ちなみに ?
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22
How do we decide if 中 is ちゅう or じゅう?
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21
Just how rude is 「俺{おれ}」?
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18
When is it appropriate to use お疲れ様 (otsukaresama)?
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17
Comment prononcer les terminaisons archaiques « -oit » ?
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16
How do you ask for “the bill” at a restaurant?
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16
What differences should I look out for between male vs female speech?
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15
How to choose between “よん” (yon) vs “し” (shi) for “四” (4) and “しち” (shichi) vs “なな” (nana) for “七” (7)?
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15
how do we tell if ばかり means “about” or “only” ?
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15
Quatre-vingt, octante, huitante… ans ou années ?
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15
Appropriate ただいま-like greeting for a neighbor?
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14
What is シ●ブ, and why is it censored？
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14
Comment traduire « freak » ?
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14
How would I respectfully disagree with a superior?
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13
Do people lose their accent when they sing?
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13
Is しまった an appropriate translation for “Oops”?
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12
Do viruses あります or います?
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12
What are the stereotypical characteristics of yakuza speech?
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12
Pourquoi les animaux ont-ils des noms différents dans l'assiette ?
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12
What is the most natural way to refer to someone when you don't know their name and don't have a close relationship with them?
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11
Is there a less formal way to say あなた？
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11
is it true to say that 亡くなる is a polite form of しぬ?
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11
Use of the question mark and か
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11
Can the qualifiers “very” and “too” be expressed unambiguously in Japanese?
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11
Les patois et le français
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Music notes (do ré mi)
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